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Monday, December 6, 2010

The wonderful world of Dr Seuss - Robert Kaufman fabrics: Celebrate Seuss! and Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss Enterprises! I do love these awesome characters that have brought so much joy to generations of readers.

I really wanted to make a quick something that would be fun for a child to enjoy, and came up with the idea to make some placemats. It did require quite a fair amount of fussy cutting so as not to chop up too many of the characters, and the placemats certainly took a little longer to make than anticipated, but they've turned out so colorful and rather adorable.

The Dr Suess fabric collection comes complete with a panel of larger scale character prints and I have selected two of these to feature on the back of the placemats.

The placemats are quilted with a simple cross-hatch and bound in a black and white pin-stripe fabric which seemed to be an entirely appropriate match for these bold prints.

32 comments:

These are fabulous and have inspired me to cut into my Seuss stash to make two cot quilts for baby bumps of unknown gender that will be joining our extended family in the New Year (around Easter time - so plenty of time for sewing, or procrastinating).

I just ordered a new camera and I was looking on Flickr to find photos taken with it- most of the ones tagged quilt were from you! I knew I had made a good choice- your photos are always beautiful! (As are your quilts! Do you have any idea how many quilts you have made?)

Love picture overload. And love the Dr Seuss fabric line. Have been tempted to get some myself for my boy, but he insist on race car patterns...:( I think these placemats are adorable. A baby quilt in this style must be a huge success. Any baby would go nuts for all the contrasts in patterns and color. Absolutely perfect.

I had been resisting buying Dr. Seuss--not sure why. But after this, thanks to Fat Quarter Shop, these fabrics should be arriving on my doorstep later this week. Not sure about my bank account, but I know my favorite fabric shops are sure happy that I read your blog!

i LOVE the dr. seuss fabrics, and have been lusting after them for quite some time. these placemats are not helping to curb by growing feelings and i might just loose control and have to buy a few yards soon.